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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Aculepeira » Aculepeira packardi
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Pretty Spider - Aculepeira packardi
Copyright © 2010 Beth Sands

Pretty Spider - Aculepeira packardi
Bollinger canyon, contra Costa County, California, USA
April 10, 2010
Size: 1 cm
I have seen this little spider once before in a field in Livermore and it had the same white patterned stripe down it's back like a lightning bolt . I found this pretty spider sitting in the middle of her finely matted web atop grasses and shrubbery . I did not see any web besides the little mat that she perched on and wondered how she caught her prey . This was the only individual of this type that I had seen on this day so they are not very numerous . Thanks for any comments to further my buggy knowledge , sincerely Beth
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 11 April, 2010 - 11:27am
Last updated 17 January, 2013 - 8:56am

Moved
Moved from Aculepeira. ID based on range and dorsal pattern.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 January, 2013 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 17 April, 2010 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Yes, we would have made the same suggestion,
Aculepeira. Lynette may know which one.
… john and jane balaban, 11 April, 2010 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

Just a first impression
Aculepeira, like this one maybe
… John R. Maxwell, 11 April, 2010 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

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